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+# Campaign Finance and Linkage Institutions
+Linkage Institutions - a way for a person to access the government - Media, Politics Parties, Interest, Groups, Elections
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+## Campaign Finance
+* 1971 FEC Act
+	* added limits etc
+* 1976 Buckley v. Valeo
+	* limits are ok for direct donations
+	* no limiting candidates self funding
+* 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA)
+	* increase individual limit
+	* stop soft money loophole
+		* soft money: on the side
+	* no issue ads 30/60 days before primary/general election
+* 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
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